Court Extends Trial Division Period... Preventing 'Trial Delays'

Preventing the Issue of 'Frequent Personnel Transfers'
Likely to Be Applied in Next Month's Judicial Personnel Changes

The Supreme Court has decided to reduce unnecessary personnel transfers of judges and involve court presidents in trial duties to resolve trial delays.

On the 19th, the Supreme Court's Court Administration Office announced an administrative notice regarding the amendment of the "Regulations on the Division of Duties and Case Allocation of Judges, etc." reflecting this content.

On the same day, Cheon Dae-yeop, head of the Court Administration Office, informed judges that "through the amendment of the regulations, we intend to extend the minimum duty period for presiding judges to 3 years and for judges who are not presiding judges to 2 years."

The existing regulations stipulate that if a judge is a presiding judge, they must be assigned to one trial team for at least 2 years, and if not a presiding judge, for at least 1 year.

However, frequent personnel transfers have been criticized for disrupting the continuity of trials and causing delays. Therefore, by amending the regulations to extend the minimum duty periods to 3 years and 2 years respectively, the aim is to reduce trial delays caused by changes in trial teams.

This amendment is expected to be applied immediately in the regular judge personnel reshuffle scheduled for next month.

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